Magnum Poster: Jubilee street party, Elland, England, 1977

Rain pours over a deserted courtyard in Elland, West Yorkshire, where tables set for a Jubilee street party sit abandoned. Taken by Martin Parr in July 1977, the photograph from his Bad Weather series shows plates of food left behind, plastic sheets flapping, and chairs pushed back as storm clouds replace celebration. What was meant to be a communal moment now lingers as a scene of interruption and persistence.